Argentine soccer great Diego Maradona insulted reporters and kicked a photographer after arriving home in Buenos Aires on a visit from Dubai, where he works as a sports ambassador.
A fellow passenger on the flight also accused the former Argentina captain and coach, accompanied by his 22-year-old girlfriend, Rocio Oliva, of insulting and pushing him.
Maradona, 52, came to Argentina to meet Diego Fernando, the son he had with former girlfriend Veronica Ojeda, and surprise his younger daughter, Giannina, on her birthday, local media reported on Wednesday.
Report has that Maradona was surrounded by microphones and blinded by photographers’ flashes as he was asked by journalists about his visit.
Airport sources said Maradona had permission to leave in a car from the plane’s docking position but his girlfriend did not, so he opted to accompany her and face the waiting press corps in the terminal.
He was later driven to the home of his former girlfriend in the vicinity of Ezeiza to see his 3-month-old son for the first time.